Muhammad b. al-Imam al-Hadi (a): Difference between revisions

In [[252]]/866, Sayyid Muhammad decided to visit the [[Ka'ba]]. When he arrived in Balad (near [[Samarra]] in Iraq), he became sick, and died in [[Jumada al-Thania 29]]/July 21. Shiites buried him in Balad. Some people conjectured that he was poisoned by [[Abbasids]].

When he died, [[Imam al-Hadi (a)]] held a mourning ceremony for him. Some people from [[Banu Hashim]], including [[Hasan b. Hasan al-Aftas]] reported that:

: When Sayyid Muhammad passed away, we went to Imam Hadi (a)'s house. We saw that a rug is spread out, and people sat around. We estimated the population: besides emancipated slaves and other people, there were 150 people from the [[Abu Talib]] household, Banu Hashim and [[Quraysh]]. Suddenly [[Imam Hasan al-'Askari (a)]] came in, having torn apart his clothes out of the grief for his brother's death. He stood beside his father. We did not know him then. After an hour, Imam Hadi (a) told him: "O' my son! Offer your praise to God, since He offered you something." Imam Hasan (a) cried and said: "praise be to Allah, the lord of the worlds. We only praise Him for His blessings on us, and we are from God and to Him we return". I asked: who is this? And people said: he is Hasan, the son of Imam al-Hadi (a). He looked 20 years old at that time. Thus we learned that he was going to be the next Imam after his father.